How To Install hwdata on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hwdata on CentOS 7.
What is hwdata
hwdata contains various hardware identification and configuration data, such as the pci.ids and usb.ids databases.
We can use yum or dnf to install hwdata on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hwdata.
Install hwdata on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hwdata using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hwdata
Install hwdata on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hwdata using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hwdata
How To Uninstall hwdata on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hwdata package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hwdata
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hwdata on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.